With The Backing Of Teachers Unions, Underly Wins Wisconsin Superintendent
The state schools superintendent race exposed a growing schism on the left around the issue of education reform.
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Libby Sobic and Will Flanders
Another Year Lost for Learning for Many MPS Students
The most troubling element of the board’s plan is prevent high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, with some exceptions for students who are failing one or more classes, from returning to the classroom at all this year.
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Study Shows Federal School Discipline Policy Not Working
It is clear that the top down approach by the federal government to dictate student discipline policies is not working.
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Evers’ Backdoor Plan to Stop School Choice
Evers is proposing that private schools must complete all the steps of accreditation prior to participating in the choice programs. This change creates a catch 22 for new schools – the school could not accept students on a voucher until they completed the entire accreditation process but they cannot complete accreditation without students in the building.
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Evers Education Plan Hits Districts Benefitting from Open Enrollment
Evers appears to favor a return to a system where the vast majority of Wisconsin’s kids have no option about where to attend school other than their government-assigned district school.
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Lessons Learned From New Federal School Report Cards
Forty percent of the schools identified as low performing under the federal system are also identified as schools that are successful under the state report card system.
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